INDEX
Acetates, electrolysis of, 136, 143
Acetic acid, electrolysis of, 142
Acid and alkali, transference of, 72, 80, 193
Acids and bases, combination of, 315; relation in voltaic pile, 189
Air, effect on voltaic excitement, 274; as electric pole, 48, 50, 82
Ammonia a non-conductor, 81, 135
Anions, described, 114, 157; action in voltaic circle, 200
Anode described, 113, 157
Antimony compounds, electrolytic properties of, 120; voltaic effects in sulphuret of potassium, 267
Arsenic acid, 118
Atmospheric electricity, 19
Attraction, chemical, modes of action, 195; hygrometric, 99, 100; of particles, 98, 100
Barry on decomposition by atmospheric electricity, 20
Battery. See Voltaic battery
Biot, theory of electro-chemical decomposition, 58
Bismuth, voltaic effects in sulphuret of potassium, 265
Bonijol on decomposition by atmospheric electricity, 19
Cadmium, voltaic effects in sulphuret of potassium, 268
Carbonic oxide, combining power of platina prevented by. 106
Cathode, described, 113, 157; excitement at, 298, 306
Cations, described, 114, 157; table of, 161
Cavendish cited, 1, 16
Charges, chemical, for battery, 227; exhaustion of, 230
Chemical action, affected by temperature, 271, 274; essential for excitement in voltaic pile, 304; source of electricity, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 190, 233, 302
Chloride of lead, electrolysis of, 208; fused, as conductor, 35
Chloride of sulphur, electrolysis of, 119
Chloride of tin, electrolysis of, 146
Chlorides, fused, electrolysis of, 146, 154; in solution, electrolysis of, 141
Colladon cited, 1, 8
Combined bodies, transference of, 76
Common electricity, 7; chemical decomposition by, 12; evolution of heat by, 7; identity with voltaic electricity, 31 ; physiological effects of, 28; spark produced by, 19
Conducting circles. See Voltaic circles.
Conduction, 41, 46; bodies not subject to law of, 38; bodies subject to law of, 37; consequent on fusion, 35; new law of, 32
Conductors, particular, liquid and solid, 238, 240
Contact theory of voltaic electricity, 232, 233, 243, 244, 253, 257, 263, 281, 288, 294, 308
Copper, voltaic effects in sulphuret of potassium, 266
Correspondence on electricity by author, 317
Current, voltaic, defined, 6, 172; various views of, 66
Cyanides in solution, decomposition of, 142
Davy, Sir Humphrey, 1, 2, 57
Decomposition, electro-chemical, by animal electricity, 25; by common electricity, 12; by single pair of plates, 167, 178, 180; by single pole, 49; chemical affinity of particles in, 69, 72, 79; conditions of, 47, 115; constant electrolytic action in, 122, 125; definite nature and extent of, 145; dependent on electric current, 60, 66,71; electrolytic intensity necessary for, 206; experiments with various substances (q.v.), 118-154; general propositions relating to, 157; in air, 50; by magneto-electricity, 23; opposed distant chemical actions in,
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